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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

Copyright law is in charge of controlling how literary, artistic, and theatrical works, among others, are used. The law of copyright regulates the activities of copying and disseminating the words of someone who has copyright over something online without that person’s consent.

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. For example, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) registered 191 mask works between 1990-2001. Copyright Office while register the software aspect of the designs (e.g.,

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50 CENTS OF ADVICE: NEGOTIATE FAVORABLE PROVISIONS AND RETHINK RECORD LABEL AGREEMENTS

JIPL Online

The point is that two different artists can each have a copyright in their own sound recordings of the same music or lyrics. As the music industry evolves, artists are looking to negotiate deals that allow them to maintain ownership of their masters so that they can have more flexibility in monetizing the very music they created. [5]

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Protecting Semiconductor Chip Design under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA) – Part I (Registration and Inspection)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

During litigation, the unredacted version may be used as evidence to support the ownership of the redacted portions in the registered mask work. For example, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) registered 191 mask works between 1990-2001. Copyright Office while register the software aspect of the designs (e.g.,

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part II

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this part II we discuss two additional aspects, with a focus on UK copyright law and the EU copyright acquis. The First Sale Doctrine in the Metaverse The first sale doctrine, also referred to as the ‘ principle of exhaustion’ , is a longstanding tenet of copyright (and more in general intellectual property) law.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

19, 27 (2001) (Ginsburg, J.); at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership. Plaintiffs Nealy and MSI claim to own registered copyrights in eight musical works, either as works made for hire or by assignment; while the defendants rely on licenses from Butler, the composer and performer.

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How a licence-based copyright proved to be crisis-proof and fulfilled societal needs

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Book publishers followed closely the adoption of this legislation as the vast majority of its provisions concern them directly, from new copyright exceptions to contractual rules between authors and their partners. A core goal of the DSM Directive was to adapt EU copyright law to the digital era, ensuring it could address new practices.

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